In computing book profit u/s 115JB, S.14A not apply if expense to earn exempt income not debited to P&L account

Quippo Telecom Infrastructure Ltd vs. ACIT (ITAT Delhi) In the present case, the AO has also made addition of Rs. 19,58,253/- on account of alleged expenditure incurred to earn exempt income while computing book profit u/s 115JB of the Act. The AO’s action has been confirmed by the CIT(A). Both the authorities have applied Rule 8D of the Income-tax Rules while computing the amount of expenditure disallowable u/s 14A of the Act. As already held above, the provisions of Rule 8D are not applicable to the present assessment year under consideration. Therefore, disallowance of expenditure by appl...